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StudentAssist: A fairer shot at success | Alison Micallef

When capable students are unable to pursue higher qualifications due to financial barriers, skills gaps widen, and employers often fill roles through overseas recruitment....

Malta’s realigned AI strategy: A Human-Centred Vision | Silvio Schembri

AI must serve the community, not the other way around. It must help our SMEs compete, our public sector deliver better services, support the healthcare system, education, and...

A social Europe is a must | Josef Bugeja

The last half-decade has seen a world that suffered enormous challenges from global economic shocks but also the pressures of the green and digital transitions

The last half-decade has seen a world that suffered...

Obscene wealth vs struggling to make ends meet

Josanne Cassar

While the construction moguls keep bulldozing the sparse land which is left to...

While the construction moguls keep bulldozing the sparse...

Finally, recognising the country Israel wants to erase

Saviour Balzan

And on Gaza, he finally decided to follow France and the UK and officially...

And on Gaza, he finally decided to follow France and the UK...

JP Fabri

Fewer children are being born, and the economic, social, and cultural consequences of this trend are difficult to overstate

Fewer children are being born, and the economic, social,...

Pulling the plug on domestic violence prosecutions

Matthew Xuereb / Thomas Sciberras Herrera

This case exposes the most serious risk in granting complainants the absolute...

This case exposes the most serious risk in granting...

Landlord-tenant relationship: Reciprocal mistrust

Mark Said

Landlords must be upfront about expectations, respond promptly to requests,...

Landlords must be upfront about expectations, respond...

Mark Said

Landlords must be upfront about expectations, respond promptly to requests,...

Landlords must be upfront about expectations, respond...

Josanne Cassar

But, of course, rather than doing the right thing and taking a stand (which would require a bit of spine), Malta will go ahead and take part

But, of course, rather than doing the right thing and...

Saviour Balzan

This one is going to be a hard nut to crack since despite all his freshness and adrenaline, Borg is surrounded with very few capable parliamentarians, who can...

This one is going to be a hard nut to crack since despite...

JP Fabri

On the fiscal side, the government has chosen a gradual path of consolidation. The deficit is projected to move closer to the 3% mark in 2026, while debt is...

On the fiscal side, the government has chosen a gradual...

Mark Said

Generally, these studies aim to determine what infrastructure investment is necessary in each locality to ensure sustainable development and to maintain the...

Generally, these studies aim to determine what...

Miriam Dalli

All of these projects are part of a long-term strategic vision; one that isn’t driven by crisis, but by careful planning and anticipation of future needs

All of these projects are part of a long-term strategic...

Young minds, bold visions: Malta’s future in focus | Miriam Teuma

Young people are telling us that if we want Malta to thrive in 2050, we need to...

Young people are telling us that if we want Malta to thrive...

Are patients benefitting from parallel importation of medicines? | Anthony Raphael Gatt

The confluence of Malta’s high-priced, import-dependent market and a regulatory framework that lacks explicit restrictions on corporate pharmacy...

The confluence of Malta’s high-priced,...

Loved and hated: On being a vet | Andrew Agius

Start by making sure to avoid unnecessary problems in the first place. For the...

Start by making sure to avoid unnecessary problems in the...

We need dignity and substance in politics, not PR stunts

Josanne Cassar

The curse of social media is that it has glorified superficiality and looks,...

The curse of social media is that it has glorified...

Malta’s land wealth and the missing bridge to innovation

JP Fabri

Safeguards matter. Property linked instruments must be conservative on loan to...

Safeguards matter. Property linked instruments must be...

Political violence is wrong but we are under no obligation to mourn Kirk

James Debono

Violence is never justified, yet mourning Kirk is not a duty. The real gall lies in far-right forces using his death to posture as defenders of free...

Violence is never justified, yet mourning Kirk is not a...